Improvement in compression basin-faucets



W. EUR DON. Compression Basin-Faucets.

Patented Feb. 4,1873.

INVE N T OR 4 WTNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIGE.

WILLIAM GORDON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- 'IHIRDS HIS RIGHT TO ANDREW MCCAMBRIDGE AND THOMAS KENNEDY,

or sAME PLAGE,

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPRESSION BASIN-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part 0i' Letters Patent No. 135,541, dated February 4, i873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM GORDON, of the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in SwingOompression Basin-Faucets, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates, in the irst place, to providing the cap of the water-chamber with a screw-socket and stufing-box for the connection of the screw-stem. In the second place, it consists in the combination 0f an upper valve with the lower end ot' the screwstem, and making its seat on the lower end of the stufing-box, for cutting off the iiow of water when the nozzle is swung around in the opposite direction to that it assumes when the lower valve isclosed, the end of the stuffingboX having an annular chamber around the stem for the passage of water into a crossopening of the stem and thence through the central passage of the latter. In the third place, it consists in the combination of the ball of the nozzle with'the upper end 0f the screwstem by means of a tapered joint and the coniining the two parts together by means of a cap provided with a central screw which connects with the upper end of the stem. In the fourth place, it consists in providing for regulating the throw of the nozzle to a backward position when either of the valves is brought to its seat, by a series of vertical openings through the tapered joint of the stem and socket of the ball of the nozzle and a pin which connects with one ofthe openings, the nozzle being adjusted to its right position when the valve is in connection with its seat.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts of the improved faucet are hereinafter fully described.

Figure l is a front elevation, partly in section, of the improved faucet, having the nozzle swung back to the right, and the lower valve E being in connection with its seat b. Fig. 2 is a like view when the nozzle is swung back to the left and the uppervalve E is closed upon its seat b". Fig. 3 is a like view when the nozzle F is turned in front and the valves both opened for the ilow Yof the water. Fig. 4 is a plan view, with the cap H removed to show the mode of adjusting the nozzle F to the screw-stem C.

Like letters in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A is the barrel of the faucet, having a valvechamber a, and lower valve-seat b. B is cap of the valve-chamber, and C the central screwstem connected therewith by means of the screwsocket D. On the lower end of the stem there is a valve, E, which is closed upon its seat b when the nozzle F is thrown back to the right in the position it assumes in Figs. l and 4, the arrangement being the same as in ordinary faucets. of the washer c is an upper valve, E', whose seat Z1 is on the lower end of the screw-socket. The screw-socket is projected into the valve-chamber a, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and

3, so that its end may form a seat for the upper valve E when the nozzleF is thrown back to the left, as seen in Fig. 2. When the nozzle `is thrown in front for the flow of the water, as seen in Fig. 3, both valves are open and the water flows into the annular space d, in the lower end of the screwsocket D, and through the cross-opening e into the central passage f of the valve screw-stem C, and thence out through the passage g of the nozzle F. The screw-socket D is provided with a stuflng-box, h, and packing-ring i, as seen in Fig. l, for the connection of the smooth part of the screw-stem, whereby the screw is fully protected against the passage of water thron gh it. The ball Gr of the nozzle F is connected with the tapered part of the screw-stem, and combined therewith by means of the screwcap H, to provide for its adjustment, so that when either valve is closed the nozzle shall be in its proper backward position. To facilitate the adjustment, and to give a positive set to the nozzle, thereis a series of vertical openings, j, in the joint K of the stem C and ball G, so that when the nozzle is adjusted it is confined in position laterally by means of the pin on, as seen in Figs. l and 4. In order to make a connection with the vertical central passage f of the screw-stem and the passage g of the nozzle, the ball Gr has a-n annularI space, n, with which the side-opening o of the stem communicates when the nozzle is in any posisition.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the cap B, having a Resting on the upper side screw-socket, D, with the stem'O, substantial- A ball G of the nozzle, having an annular space,

ly in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the cap B, having a screw-socket, D, and stuffing-box l1., with the screw-stem C and packing-ring Q', substantially as described.

3. The upper valve-seat b', on the lower end of the screw-socket D, in` combination with the upper valve E', substantially as and for the purpose set forth'. Y

4. The annular chamber d, in the lower end of the .screw-socket D, in combination with the cross-opening e of the valve-stem, substantially as described.

5. Thevcombination of the screw-cap H, the

u, and the screw-stem C, having a side-opening, o, substantially in the manner and for the purpose above set forth.

- 6. The combination of the openings j and pin m, with the upper end of the screw-stem, and the ball G of the nozzle, substantially as described.

WILLIAM GORDON.

Witnesses STEPHEN UsTIcK, THOMAS S. BEWLEY. 

